Tag-holder.



No.736,29 9. PATENTBD AUG. 11, 1903.

J. B. ROSE.

TAG HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented August 11, 1903.

PATENT FFICEQ JOHN B. ROSE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAG-HOLDER.

" SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,299, dated au ust 11, 1903.

Application filed September 27,1902. Serial No. 125,119. (No model.)

To (0% whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN B. ROSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tag-holder; and the object thereof is to provide a tag-holder that canbesecurely attached to an article by lock and key and which will eifectually retain a strip of cardboard, celluloid, metal, or similar material on which can be printed, painted, or impressed the name and address or identification of a person to whom a package, trunk, or like article is to be sent or carried in the hand.

In order to understand the construction of 1 the device, reference should be had to the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined lock and tag-holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional yiew through the tag-holder, the lock being shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the tag-holder and lock combined.

A designates a lock of approved construction provided with a shackle B. Intermediate the top and bottom edges of the rear end of the lock is a horizontally-arranged plate 0, having on three sides an upwardly and in- V wardly bent flange c, which forms a groove for the reception of a card or metal plate D, on which is printed, painted, or otherwise placed proper identification characters.

The reference-letters a a designate the side bars of the plate, which form the edges of a rectangular slot E, formed in the plate 0, so that the plate D; can be seen therethrough and the sender may inscribe suitable matter thereon. It will be noticed that the flanges 0 do not extend entirely around the plate'and are absent at one edge adjacent that to which the lock is secured. As the plate is on a lower horizontal plane than the top edge of the look A, a shoulder is formed by the juncture of the lock with the plate, so that it will be impossible for an identification plate or tag to be accidentally withdrawn or slid out of proper relative engagement with the plate C. By merely inserting a key in the keyholeslot F of the lock and releasing the shackle B the tag-holder can be securely fastened to a satchel, trunk, crate, box, or any device which it is desirable to identify. It will be apparent by reference to the above description that the device can be readily attached anddetached and is simple, durable, and efficient.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- j A tag-holder comprising a lock having a casing and a shackle, the lower portion of the casing being continuous with a tag-frame by bending the same upwardly at the inner end of the lock, said frame being of a single thickness and broader than the lock-and having an inturned flange at opposite sides and at the free end to form retention means for a tag, the frame also having an opening a therein to expose a portion of one face of the tag, the upper portion of the inner end of the lockcasing projecting above the adjacent upper surface of the frame to provide an obstructing means to prevent accidental disengagement of a tag from the frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN B. ROSE. Witnesses:

CHAS. M. JEROLOMAN, CLINTON W. LUoAs. 

